{"id":34507,"date":"2019-12-23T08:01:50","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T08:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=34507"},"modified":"2025-12-29T21:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T19:57:53","slug":"why-use-theme-builder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/why-use-theme-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Masterclass: 3 Reasons to Choose Theme Builder Over Themes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34507\" class=\"elementor elementor-34507\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d709c98 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d709c98\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4db8018\" data-id=\"4db8018\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b7e016 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b7e016\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WordPress began evolving the moment it was launched just over a decade and a half ago. It has evolved so much that, as users, we can no longer afford to rely on methods and best practices that served us in the past.<\/p><p>Over time new features have appeared to make things easier. However helpful, these features are window dressing when compared to the true progress.\u00a0<\/p><p>The road to the evolution of WordPress lies in moving beyond themes.<\/p><p>In this post, we list the top 3 reasons why you should choose <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/theme-builder\/\"   title=\"Theme Builder\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"31836\">Theme Builder<\/a> over themes when building WordPress websites.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4fd8c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4fd8c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/customize-your-theme\/\">Learn How to Customize Your WordPress Theme With Elementor<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32afdf9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32afdf9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-122b189\" data-id=\"122b189\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259365a elementor-toc--minimized-on-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"259365a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tWhy Choose Theme Builder Over Themes\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__259365a\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Open table of contents\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__259365a\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Close table of 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975Z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8e338f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8e338f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d5e4f9\" data-id=\"2d5e4f9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb3fe49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb3fe49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Theme Builder: The Future of WordPress\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa18b89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa18b89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Before we go into the nitty gritty details of the Theme Builder&#8217;s main benefits, it&#8217;s helpful to take an overview of the two ways of customizing your website.<\/p><p>Theme Builder let&#8217;s you edit, redesign, and customize the different theme elements, that have thus far required code to change. Taking advantage of this new method, we take a leap forward in the evolution of WordPress and achieve maximum creative control over our pages.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8d4612 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c8d4612\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"773\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=773\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/02-Travel-Template-hello-theme-Elementor-Wordpress-e1577100955669.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34525\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=948\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/02-Travel-Template-hello-theme-Elementor-Wordpress-e1577100955669.png 948w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/02-Travel-Template-hello-theme-Elementor-Wordpress-e1577100955669-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/02-Travel-Template-hello-theme-Elementor-Wordpress-e1577100955669-768x742.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Homepage from the Travel &amp; Tour <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/library\/all-categories\/\" title=\"Alle categorie\u00ebn\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"31835\">template<\/a> kit, using Hello Theme  <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22c1095 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22c1095\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Example: The Travel Template Kit<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1053593 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1053593\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To help understand what happens to the template when we make changes to a theme, or change it altogether, we&#8217;ve put together a website using the newly released Travel &amp; Tour template kit.\u00a0<\/p><p>To prepare for this experiment was to insert the kit using Elementor.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e4dd33 toc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0e4dd33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" id=\"toc\" toc=\"\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Theme Builder Doesn't Skew Your Design<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ffbcc7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ffbcc7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>Notice the difference in the examples below, of what happens to the same page and its template, when we change themes from Hello to the Storefront theme (that we get with the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/woocommerce-builder\/\"   title=\"WooCommerce Builder\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"31834\">WooCommerce<\/a> plugin), then change it to the OfficePress theme, and finally to WordPress\u2019 own Twenty-Sixteen theme.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eff8fd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"eff8fd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-34507 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"eff8fd6\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"03a Hello Theme builder wordpress customize\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzQ1MjYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9lbGVtZW50b3IuY29tXC9ibG9nXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDE5XC8xMlwvMDNhLUhlbGxvLVRoZW1lLWJ1aWxkZXItd29yZHByZXNzLWN1c3RvbWl6ZS5wbmciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJlZmY4ZmQ2In0%3D\" href='https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/03a-Hello-Theme-builder-wordpress-customize.png'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=150,h=150\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/03a-Hello-Theme-builder-wordpress-customize-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34526\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34526'>\n\t\t\t\tHello Theme\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"eff8fd6\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"03b StoreFront theme builder customise wordpress\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzQ1MjcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9lbGVtZW50b3IuY29tXC9ibG9nXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDE5XC8xMlwvMDNiLVN0b3JlRnJvbnQtdGhlbWUtYnVpbGRlci1jdXN0b21pc2Utd29yZHByZXNzLnBuZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6ImVmZjhmZDYifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/03b-StoreFront-theme-builder-customise-wordpress.png'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=150,h=150\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/03b-StoreFront-theme-builder-customise-wordpress-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34527\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34527'>\n\t\t\t\tStorefront\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"eff8fd6\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"03c OfficePress theme builder customise wordpress\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzQ1MjgsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9lbGVtZW50b3IuY29tXC9ibG9nXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDE5XC8xMlwvMDNjLU9mZmljZVByZXNzLXRoZW1lLWJ1aWxkZXItY3VzdG9taXNlLXdvcmRwcmVzcy5wbmciLCJzbGlkZXNob3ciOiJlZmY4ZmQ2In0%3D\" href='https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/03c-OfficePress-theme-builder-customise-wordpress.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=150,h=150\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/03c-OfficePress-theme-builder-customise-wordpress-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34528\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34528'>\n\t\t\t\tOfficePress\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"eff8fd6\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"03d 2016 theme builder customise wordpress_Blog\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzQ1MjksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9lbGVtZW50b3IuY29tXC9ibG9nXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDE5XC8xMlwvMDNkLTIwMTYtdGhlbWUtYnVpbGRlci1jdXN0b21pc2Utd29yZHByZXNzX0Jsb2cucG5nIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiZWZmOGZkNiJ9\" href='https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/03d-2016-theme-builder-customise-wordpress_Blog.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=150,h=150\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/03d-2016-theme-builder-customise-wordpress_Blog-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-34529\" decoding=\"async\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-34529'>\n\t\t\t\tTwenty Sixteen\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-257ea2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"257ea2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Notice how the theme forces text and images into predefined boxes, while the header we created in theme builder, remains consistent. Even if you prefer to rely on themes as they are, you may want to consider the fact that the moment there\u2019s an update, even the slightest change in the theme\u2019s definitions, your site will be affected. In the case of WordPress\u2019 Twenty Sixteen theme, we can see an extreme example of what could go wrong.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7fca59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7fca59\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3605d36\" data-id=\"3605d36\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e15265b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e15265b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>WordPress sites and blogs must use a theme. As with most things, there are pros and cons to using prefabricated, modular themes (e.g. StoreFront, OfficePress etc.). On the one hand, they will keep your site well structured, simple and familiar. However, familiarity is a major downside if we&#8217;re looking to stand out against the mass online commercial competition.\u00a0<\/p><p>It is this need to create unique designs and structures that inspired creating Hello theme, to preserve all of the pros without the cons and limitations.\u00a0<\/p><p>Unlike modular themes, the Hello theme carries no definitions that skew and cram our content into spaces or redefine fonts and colors. It acts as a fresh blank canvas for any template and design we want to place on it. As for all our website elements, such as headers, footers, popups etc., we use the Theme Builder to customize them any way we want, without the worry of them changing as a result of changes to a theme.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-695e480 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"695e480\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1102fbc\" data-id=\"1102fbc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6967d82 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6967d82\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Create Template Variations\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f2eaec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1f2eaec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A second great advantage of building elements in Theme Builder is that we can create several variations of elements and assign them to specific attributes, such as categories.<\/p><p>Let\u2019s suppose that on my Travel site, most of my business comes from customers booking family trips or customers looking for romantic getaways.\u00a0<\/p><p>To help draw visitors, I publish a blog where the posts are categorized by relevance to either family or romantic vacations. With two types of clients searching for two different types of products, I\u2019d like the appearance of each type of blog post to have a distinct feel. This way I can reassure couples looking for a romantic escape that they won\u2019t be joined by a foray of over-excited families.<\/p><p>Using the Theme Builder feature, we\u2019ll click the Add New button then select the Single Page option from the dropdown menu. Notice that another drop-down menu appears, where we\u2019ll select the post option. Next, we\u2019ll appropriately name the element (e.g. <em>Romantic.Getaways-Single<\/em>) and click on Create Template. Again, to save time, we selected a template that we can customize anyway we want once it\u2019s in Elementor.<\/p><p>We still want to maintain some aesthetic consistency throughout or site, so we\u2019ll only make some minor changes in the color of some of the layout elements and give the pages a new title.\u00a0<\/p><p>When we\u2019re done and we publish each variation of our Single Page in Elementor, we\u2019ll see the conditions window again which offers us loads of viewing options.<\/p><p>For example, we could select the option to assign this design to all posts, or just to posts written by a certain author. We\u2019ll condition our variations to appear on pages with posts from the relevant category, and click Save.<\/p><p>With both variations of our single post element created, published and assigned we can appreciate the distinctions, however slight, they are quite effective.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-148bcef elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"148bcef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-34507 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"148bcef\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Family tour variation theme builder wordpress blog\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzQ1MzksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9lbGVtZW50b3IuY29tXC9ibG9nXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDE5XC8xMlwvRmFtaWx5LXRvdXItdmFyaWF0aW9uLXRoZW1lLWJ1aWxkZXItd29yZHByZXNzLWJsb2cucG5nIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMTQ4YmNlZiJ9\" href='https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Family-tour-variation-theme-builder-wordpress-blog.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=282,h=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Family-tour-variation-theme-builder-wordpress-blog-282x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=282\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Family-tour-variation-theme-builder-wordpress-blog-282x300.png 282w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Family-tour-variation-theme-builder-wordpress-blog-768x816.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=960\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Family-tour-variation-theme-builder-wordpress-blog.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"148bcef\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Romantic vacation variation theme builder wordpress blog\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MzQ1NDAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9lbGVtZW50b3IuY29tXC9ibG9nXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDE5XC8xMlwvUm9tYW50aWMtdmFjYXRpb24tdmFyaWF0aW9uLXRoZW1lLWJ1aWxkZXItd29yZHByZXNzLWJsb2cucG5nIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMTQ4YmNlZiJ9\" href='https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Romantic-vacation-variation-theme-builder-wordpress-blog.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=282,h=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Romantic-vacation-variation-theme-builder-wordpress-blog-282x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=282\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Romantic-vacation-variation-theme-builder-wordpress-blog-282x300.png 282w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Romantic-vacation-variation-theme-builder-wordpress-blog-768x816.png 768w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=960\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Romantic-vacation-variation-theme-builder-wordpress-blog.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d881b86 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d881b86\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Creating elements in Theme Builder is exactly the same as building pages in Elementor; it\u2019s all a matter of positioning widgets and assigning the conditions of the page from drop-down menus.<\/p><p>Moreover, we don&#8217;t use a single line of code.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17ec8de elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"17ec8de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;loop&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/12\/Code-gif-giphy.mp4\" autoplay=\"\" loop=\"\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-34c1979 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"34c1979\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ba8ca1b\" data-id=\"ba8ca1b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8e9448 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c8e9448\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Add and Edit Site-Wide Elements<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a798829 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a798829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Another area where we\u2019ve noticed WordPress users having difficulty is adding buttons and other dynamic properties to theme elements. Again, the best way to customize things like Popups, footers, etc. without getting bogged down with code is by using the theme builder.\u00a0<\/p><p>To prove my point, we could edit our current header by going to Theme Builder and selecting to edit it in Elementor. Once the Elementor editor opens, we\u2019ll add a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vqtY3xXiq74\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social button widget<\/a> by searching for it in the editor panel and dragging it over to the header\u2019s main section. Then we\u2019ll just quickly customize it so it looks consistent with the original design and update it. All that\u2019s left to do is to <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wJsULsvIRJ8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">connect the links<\/a> to the buttons.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e589b36 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e589b36\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"121\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=800,h=121\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/04.header-theme-builder-action-social-network-wordpress-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-34670\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=960\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/04.header-theme-builder-action-social-network-wordpress-1.png 960w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=300\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/04.header-theme-builder-action-social-network-wordpress-1-300x45.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/f=auto,w=768\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/04.header-theme-builder-action-social-network-wordpress-1-768x116.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Drag and drop social action buttons to create unique headers with Theme Builder <\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a121ca elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a121ca\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a9b754\" data-id=\"6a9b754\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2286de elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a2286de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Theme Builder: Bottom Line\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31c4a55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31c4a55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My colleagues and I are forever using the Theme Builder. We find that it saves us so much time, by keeping us focused on the build rather than spend time looking for themes and fiddling around with templates. This way, we get things exactly the way we wanted, and there are no surprises later on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We&#8217;ve only discussed a few of the elements that we can create in Theme Builder. As for the extent of customization, this is only the tip of the iceberg. The evolution of all technology, from the wheel to the printing press, from the steam engine to the microprocessor entirely depends on how we, the users, use and challenge its possibilities. 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